History of Cigars

According to different dictionaries cigar is “a roll of tobacco leaves prepared for smoking” or it is “a rolled cylinder of tobacco that is wrapped in tobacco leaves or any substance that contains tobacco”.

The etymology of the word is not clear. Some scholars say it comes from Spanish “cigarro”, which in its turn originates from Mayan “siyar” – tobacco. The others say the word “cigar” is from Mayan “sikar” that means “smoking”.
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Commercial Tobacco Production

smoking Modern commercial tobacco is a profitable commodity. It is the world’s most widely produced non-food crop grown predominantly in the countries of the Third World. Although commercial tobacco is cultivated in over 100 locations around the world, 75 per cent of them are located in developing countries, where

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History of Tobacco Plant in the Old World - Part 2

Tobacco History While in the New World, especially in the Mayan civilization, tobacco was considered a sacred substance of the Gods, in Spain of the 17th century is was not welcomed at all. By Order of Pope Urban VIII, excommunication was a punishment for smoking or snuffing tobacco in any Christian church of Spain. Pope Innocent X banned using tobacco snuffs in the Basilica of St. Peter in 1650.

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History of Tobacco Plant in the Old World - Part 1

port tobacco Few plants in the history of the world have such complex and contradictory relationships with humans as tobacco. The tobacco plant is undoubtedly responsible for our addictive behaviour, shortened lives, and highly negative financial and medical consequences for the human societies all over the planet.